Request for charter

Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-3603
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At the session of the General Assembly following its incorporation, the town shall request the General Assembly to grant it a charter. No judge shall grant a town a charter. Until a town is granted a charter by the General Assembly, the town's affairs shall be conducted exclusively under the provisions of general law. 1980, c. 45, § 15.1-967.2; 1997, c. 587.
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